Not Much Has Changed

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May 2009

Whew! So much has happened since May. Thankfully we have alot of pictures to help remind me what went on. We went to Knoxville for our niece Gabby's baptism (she is only 4 months older than Mary Laine). It was the first time that the entire Dyksterhouse family has been together in awhile. Gary's grandparents even came down from Michigan for the event!

A rare photo of all of the cousins

Mary Laine and Gabby meeting Great Gramma and Great Grampa for the first time

Love from Great Gramma

Gary with three of the nieces

The whole Dyksterhouse clan

My cousin Adair graduated from Furman (congrats Adair!). Mary Laine and I went with Mom and Dad. We enjoyed the pre-graduation party at Adair's house, but only made the procession of the graduates before Mary Laine decided that she had had enough.

With Papa and Gran before the party

With Aunt Cindy

Meeting Aunt Lynn

Congratulations Adair!

Soon-to-be Mr. and Mrs. Gaines Sturdivant

On the way home, we met Gary and his mom in Atlanta for a Mother's Day lunch. We also stopped in Birmingham to visit Aunt Susanne.

Happy Mother's Day

So glad that we got to see Aunt Susanne

My cousin Lee was in town for her high school reunion, so Lee, her mom Jan, me, Mom, Mary Laine, and my grandmom got together for a ladies' lunch at Jan's house. We are all anxiously awaiting Baby Jane's arrival so that Mary Laine will have a cousin to play with.

Four Generations of Sturdivants

Our friends Heston and Lizzie hosted our Supper Club during May and decided to make this one BYOBaby! Here are some of Mary Laine's best friends.

Mary Laine, Sarah Douglas, and Annie

Our best friends Phillip and Shannon came from Atlanta sans kiddos. As always, we had a blast with them and were so sad to see them go.

Mary Laine went to the pool for the first time. The water was a little cold, so we only put her feet in.

Mary Laine and Baby Annie at the pool

Some other fun pictures from May:

Catching Up

We haven't disappeared, I promise! I hate that I have allowed myself to get so far behind on the blog. I'll try to sum up the months of May, June, and July. Sorry grandparents - the pictures of Mary Laine are coming...